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Hekaton: In-Memory Transaction Processing Integrated with SQL Server
During the PASS Summit 2012, a technical conference for SQL Server professionals, Microsoft announced Hekaton, an in-memory row-based data management system targeted at transaction processing (TP) workloads. Besides the advertised increase in TP speeds of up to 10x for old applications and up to 50x for new optimized ones, Microsoft touts Hekaton as being fully integrated into SQL Server.
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Windows 8 Launch Event with Microsoft Surface Tablet in New York on October 25, 2012
Microsoft is scheduled to conduct a mega launch event on October 25, 2012 ahead of official launch of Windows 8 on October 26. Microsoft will showcase the much awaited Surface tablet and also reveal about the upcoming plans.
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PhoneFactor Acquisition Enhances Security of Microsoft Applications with Multi Factor Authentication
Microsoft has recently acquired PhoneFactor, which provides multi factor authentication by making use of user's phone. According to official sources at Microsoft, this development will bring new security mechanism for Microsoft products.
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WebMatrix 2: New Templates, Improved Intellisense, Windows Azure Integration
WebMatrix 2 is a free development tool developed by Microsoft that enables developers to create ASP.NET, PHP based applications easily. WebMatrix 2 includes new templates, improved intellisense with support for Windows Azure.
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An Interview with David Starr, a Senior Program Manager in the Visual Studio ALM
David Starr, the founder of ElegantCode.com, a software craftsman, a technical and an agile instructor, talks about his new position at Microsoft, his vision of products, agility and his personal plans for future.
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VS2012: Improvements for ALM and Web Developers
Microsoft has made a "huge bet on HTML5 and JavaScript", and stressed the importance of application lifecycle maintenance. InfoQ takes a look at how VS2012 brings new features to the table in its support for these areas.
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Entity Framework 6.0: Async, IQueryable Operators and Feature Improvements
According to Microsoft, Entity Framework 6.0 will provide support for async and can be implemented either using SaveChangesAsync() or ExecuteSqlCommandAsync() methods. Entity Framework 6.0 will also enable developers to perform async operations on IQueryable (IQueryable<T>) operator and can be implemented using FindAsync() and SingleAsync() extension methods.
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Entity Framework 5.0: Spatial Data Types, Performance Enhancements, Database Improvements
Entity Framework 5.0 provides support for spatial data types and can be implemented using DbGeography and DbGeometry classes. It also introduces automatic compilation of LINQ to Entities queries by translating inline LINQ queries in a cached mode. Hence, developers need not have to make use of CompiledQuery.Compile method as in previous versions.
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The Software-defined Datacenter Has Arrived
VMware and Microsoft provide solutions for software-defined datacenters where all resources – compute, storage, availability, networking and security – are virtualized and automated. This article focuses on the latest additions: virtualized networking and security.
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SQLite On WinRT, Metro, Windows 8 Mobile
SQLite is now supported on Windows RT, Windows 8 Metro Apps and will be supported on Windows Phone 8 for local application storage.
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Microsoft Is Unifying Their PC, Tablet and Smartphone Operating Systems
Microsoft has announced a set of new features for the upcoming Windows Phone 8: same code base with Windows 8, multicore support, secure boot, device encryption, remote managing and others. There will be one OS on all devices.
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Microsoft, Dell, ASUS and Sexism
During the Norwegian Developers Conference (NDC) last week Microsoft's regional subsidiary featured a group of dancing girls jumping around on stage to a Scooter-esque song with some rather inappropriate lyrics
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Linux Now Runs on Windows Azure
Windows Azure now supports 4 flavors of Linux and 5 VM sizes. Microsoft embraces Linux in order to see their cloud computing platform adopted, and promises even more support for other OSes and all programming languages.
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Microsoft Has Changed Its Mind: Windows 8 IE Metro Renders Flash
In a surprising twist, Microsoft has made available Windows 8 Release Preview with support for Flash in IE 10 Metro and Desktop, both on x86 and ARM platforms.
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Google and Microsoft Want to Improve HTTP
Google and Microsoft want to improve HTTP with SPDY and Speed+Mobility. This article reviews both proposals outlining what benefits they bring to the much used Internet protocol.